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I like how you can record their sounds. Maybe they will make more sounds if they hear their voice thru the microphone. -- Mother of a child who is nonverbal, Ottawa, IL
This hand-held plastic microphone records and plays back a child’s voice and contains eight pre-recorded songs to sing along with. Volume and tempo are adjustable. It requires 3 AAA batteries. Phthalate-free, BPA-free and lead-free.
Approx. Price: $16.99 Box Age Range: 1+ yrs # of Pieces: 1 Washability: Surface Wipe Storability: Easy Directions: Simple Play Locations: Indoor and Outdoor Adjustability: Several Adjustable Features Levels of Play: Five or More Levels Batteries: Yes – Included
There are four small buttons to push that are used to play, record, amplify your voice and listen to music.
Children can learn the eight pre-recorded songs.
The tempo is slightly adjustable to help children who may need a little extra time to process and sing along with the songs.
The amplification of the microphone can help children who may be apprehensive to talk out loud.
The songs are familiar to children.
This is an open-ended activity for children. There is no wrong way to play.
This is a fun way to encourage and develop vocal play.
Pre-recorded songs can be interrupted and/or changed or stopped by pressing the buttons during the song.
Skills
Encourage vocalizations by recording vocal sounds into the microphone and playing them back.
Children can practice their memory and recall abilities as they use the microphone to sing the words of the pre-recorded songs.
Vocalizations and verbalizations can be reinforced using the amplification of the microphone.
Children problem solve while they play with this microphone. They learn how to make the music play, what to do if they inadvertently press a button and the music stops, or how to record and play back their own sounds.
Recording children as they imitate vocalizations and then listen to themselves in the playback mode can help with speech and language development or refining speech skills.
Listening skills are used as children playback their recorded messages.
Encourage subject-verb-object sentences such as, “We ride bikes.” by talking into the microphone.
Play Ideas
Children can take turns talking into the microphone to hear their voices while communicating.
For cooperative play with multiple children, one child can hold the microphone and press the button to start a song and the other children can dance. When the music stops, the children must freeze in position until the child with the microphone starts a new song.
Have children count to ten by amplifying and recording their voices.
Ask questions such as, “What comes before G?” and have the child answer into the microphone.
Have the child pretend he is a newsman reporting on the weather outside, what is being fixed for dinner, what the local fashions are that he is wearing, etc.
Have the child pretend she is a contestant on American Idol or is a famous singer.
Interview the child as if he was famous. Ask personal questions such as, what is your favorite color? Who is your favorite teacher? Do you like apples or bananas better? Your questions can have simple one word answers or be open ended for a longer response.
Adaptation Ideas
Prerecord a message for a child to convey to his teacher.
There are four small buttons to push that are used to play, record, amplify your voice and listen to music.
Children can learn the eight pre-recorded songs.
The tempo is slightly adjustable to help children who may need a little extra time to process and sing along with the songs.
The amplification of the microphone can help children who may be apprehensive to talk out loud.
The songs are familiar to children.
This is an open-ended activity for children. There is no wrong way to play.
This is a fun way to encourage and develop vocal play.
Pre-recorded songs can be interrupted and/or changed or stopped by pressing the buttons during the song.
Skills
Children can learn what a tempo is and change the tempo from slow to fast with the push of a lever.
Vocalizations and verbalizations can be reinforced using the amplification of the microphone.
Cause and effect is taught as children explore the buttons and hear the changes in the song when they press a button.
Children problem solve while they play with this microphone. They learn how to make the music play, what to do if they inadvertently press a button and the music stops, or how to record and play back their own sounds.
Children can practice their memory and recall abilities as they use the microphone to sing the words of the pre-recorded songs.
Recording children as they imitate vocalizations and then listen to themselves in the playback mode can help with speech and language development or refining speech skills.
Play Ideas
Sing songs into the microphone to help children learn the words.
Say a word into the microphone and have the child repeat that word.
Questions can be recorded into the microphone for the children to answer.
Record a joke line into the microphone for a child to play so he can actively participate in group fun.
Have the children close their eyes, play one of the pre-recorded songs and see who can correctly identify the song.
Play a pre-recorded song. Then try to remember what the next song in the sequence is.
Adaptation Ideas
Slow down the tempo to provide a little more time to process and respond. Note: tempo can be changed slightly.
Music is often very soothing and comforting for children and helps some children with sensory processing disorder organize themselves.
The microphone is a one-piece toy.
The microphone has a dial volume control.
There are four differently-shaped small buttons to push that are used to play, record, amplify your voice and listen to music.
Children can learn the eight pre-recorded songs.
The tempo is slightly adjustable to help children who may need a little extra time to process and sing along with the songs.
The amplification of the microphone can help children who may be apprehensive to talk out loud.
The songs are familiar to children.
This is an open-ended activity for children. There is no wrong way to play.
This is a fun way to encourage and develop vocal play.
The microphone is molded plastic. The top has a bumpy texture while the shaft is smooth plastic.
Listening to the songs can be soothing for children.
Pre-recorded songs can be interrupted and/or changed or stopped by pressing the buttons during the song.
Vision is not required to successfully enjoy this microphone.
Skills
Auditory skills are used as children listen to their creations and playback their recorded sounds.
Vestibular movement is encouraged through music. Children can dance, spin, twirl and move to the music they create. Dancing encourages balance and muscle coordination.
Play Ideas
Have a family dance and singing party.
Play one of the pre-recorded songs and see if the child can identify what song it is.
Vocalizations and verbalizations can be reinforced using the amplification of the microphone. Children who have visual impairments often have delays in speech because they are not able to see how others move and shape their mouths to form words.
Eye-hand coordination is used as children press desired buttons.
The microphone is large and has a fabric strap to help children hold it.
The buttons require very little pressure to activate. Note: The buttons are very close together on the microphone and require refined motor skills to press a desired button.
The microphone is a one-piece toy.
There are four small buttons to push that are used to play, record, amplify your voice and listen to music.
The tempo is slightly adjustable to help children who may need a little extra time to process and sing along with the songs.
This is an open-ended activity for children. There is no wrong way to play.
This is a fun way to encourage and develop vocal play and movement.
Pre-recorded songs can be interrupted and/or changed or stopped by pressing the buttons during the song.
Skills
Encourage gross motor skills by moving and dancing to the sounds of the eight pre-recorded songs.
Individual buttons can be pressed with isolate finger movements to refine manual dexterity.
Eye-hand coordination is used as children press desired buttons.
Cause and effect is taught as children explore the buttons and hear the changes in the song when they press a button.
Recording children as they imitate vocalizations and then listen to themselves in the playback mode can help with speech and language development or refining speech skills.
Vestibular movement is encouraged through music. Children can dance, spin, twirl and move to the music they create. Dancing encourages balance and muscle coordination.
Bilateral coordination is used to hold the microphone with one hand and press the buttons with the other.
Play Ideas
Create dances or special movements to the pre-recorded songs.
Have a family dance and singing party. Each family member can do a different movement or all members can move in unison.
Adaptation Ideas
Create a stand for the microphone so children of differing abilities can use this toy.
Prerecord a message for a child to convey to his teacher.
